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2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

M. L. NICHOLS.

GRAIN SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN B-INDERS.

Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. M. L. NICHOLS.

GRAIN SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN BINDBRS.

No. 414,163. Patented Oct. 29, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARION L. NICHOLS, OF YE YORK, N. Y.

.GRAiN-SAVING ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN-BINDERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,163, dated October29, 1889.

Application filed February 7, 1889. Serial No. 299,057. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, MARION L. NICHOLS, of New York, county of New York,State of New York, have invented new and usefullniprovements inGrain-Saving Attachments for Grain- Binders, of which the following is afull and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making partof this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for saving the loose grainthrashed out or shattered during the process of gathering and bindingthe same.

My invention consists in a novel means of collecting the loose grain andin conveying the same to a suitable receptacle from which it may beremoved as occasion shall require.

It further consists in making one of the supporting frame-bars hollowand providing the same with an opening into which the loose grain isguided, and in mounting in said hollow frame-bar a conveyer to conveythe said loose grain to the receptacle.

It further consists in certain details in the arrangements of parts, allas hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan or top view of so muchof a harvesterframe as is necessary to illustrate my improvements andone manner of constructing and operating the same. Fig 2 is a transversesection through the pipe frame-bar, showing one form of conveyer. Fig. 3is a longitudinal section of the same.

The frame of the harvester is made in the usual rectangular form, andpreferably of iron gas-pipe or tubing, and in the present instance thedevice is shown as applied to a low-down platfornrbinder, the bindingdevices being mounted on the cross frame-bars A A of the machine, 011which bars are mounted the trackways a a for the frame carrying thebinding devices. Adjacent to the inner canvas-roller A is arranged aninclined board 13, having suitable ribs Z) formed thereon, over whichboard the grain passes to the binding-table.

The binding-table is constructed in any usual or preferred way, and isadapted to move and rest upon the tracks a a, the upper end of theinclined board extending above and beyond the receiving-edge thereof.

The bar A of the frame is, as before stated, made of hollow' tubing orgas-pipe, and for a portion of its length, or for a distancecorresponding to the width of the canvas or the board B, is cut outorleft open, as shown at A, to form a passage-way for the loose graininto the same.

A guide board or apron (1 extends up from the frame-piece A into closeproximity to the bottom of the board 13 to catch and guide the loosegrain to the opening in the pipe or framebar A. Mounted in thisframe-bar A is a screw conveyer having bearings at each end thereof, andwhich is driven bysuitable mechanism, preferably from a sprockeewheel D,mounted on the outer end of the shaft of the inner canvas-apronrollerand connected with a similar sprocket-wheel D on the conveyorshaftthrough the sprocket-chain D a A box or receptacle E is mounted in theframe at any convenient point, and with which the conveyer communicatesthrough an opening A, provided with a guiding-spout, preferably at therear end of the machine. This box or receptacle may be made ofsheet-iron to provide for lightness and strength and not take up muchspace, and as the box becomes filled the grain may be removed therefromand placed in bags.

The operation of the device constructed as above described is asfollows: The loose grain thrashed out in the action of gathering iscarried along by the gavel, and with that thrashed out by the action ofthe packers passes onto the binder-table, which is made slightlyinclining, from which it is caused to gravitate back and under the boardB and to fall against the apron C, by which it is guided into the pipeor frame-bar A, and through which it is carried to the box or receptacleby the conveyer.

As will be readily seen, various modifications in the manner ofconveying the loose grain from the table to the box or receptacle may bemade, the one herein described, how ever, having in practice been foundthe most desirable, as the conveyer does not take up any additional roomon the frame and the hollow frame-bar is utilized.

The desirability and advantage of the device will be apparent andreadily appreciated,

as it is well known that a large amount of grain is thrashed outconsequent to the action of the various parts of the machine thereon ingathering and binding, and as this loss amounts to many bushels a yearthe saving consequent to the use of the invention above described willbe apparent.

Having now described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with thebinding-table of a grain-binder, of an open-sided hollow bar locatedunder the edge of the table into which the grain is guided, a conveyerlocated therein,

and a box or receptacle to which the loose grain is carried by theconveyer through the hollow bar or tube, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the binding-table of a grain-binder, of anopen-sided hollow frame-bar located under the edge of the table 'loosegrain is conveyed .by the conveyer, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

In testimonywhereof I have hereunto set a my hand this 31st day ofDecember, A. D. 1888.

MARION L. NICHOLS. Witnesses:

ALEX. MAHON, F. L. OURAND.

